Letter resembled an hour of Fox News

Letter writer Stephen Atkinson (March 16) writes that President Barack Obama “reviles” the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. He goes on to say that Obama makes recess appointments unconstitutionally, is bent on wealth redistribution, while claiming the use of taxpayer money for (the failed solar company) Solyndra is a crime against Americans.

I feel like I just watched an hour of Fox News, named in one survey as most likely to mislead viewers for the seventh year in a row. Lifelong Republican and former George W. Bush adviser David Frum has just written a book detailing how Fox routinely distorts the truth and even makes things up.

The very day Obama stepped into office, he inherited the worst conditions ever for an incoming president. Obama has made 41 recess appointments thus far, compared to 77 by Bush through three years of his nightmare of a presidency.

As far as wealth redistribution, what do you think the Bush tax cuts for the super rich do? The GOP tells us the rich need these breaks because they hire people and invest in America. Look no further than Mitt Romney, who paid a 14 percent tax rate and hasn’t hired anyone. Invest in America? Romney has tens of millions of dollars parked in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.

As far as Solyndra being a crime against Americans, a crime was committed against taxpayers, soldiers and their families when Bush lied to the world about weapons of mass destruction.